Sanders leads 2020 Democrats by 5 points in New Hampshire: poll

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) leads his closest challenger in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary field by 5 points in New Hampshire, according to a new poll.

Sanders has the support of 22 percent of likely Democratic primary voters in the state, the NBC News/Marist poll released Sunday found.

Former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg follows with 17 percent support, former Vice President Joe Biden has 15 percent and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) has 13 percent.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), with 10 percent, is the only other 2020 Democrat to register double-digit support in the early voting state.

The poll of 697 likely Democratic primary voters, conducted Jan. 20 through Jan. 23, has a margin of error of 4.5 percentage points.

In a larger survey of 2,223 registered voters in New Hampshire, pollsters also found that all four leading Democratic candidates top President Trump in hypothetical head-to-head matchups. Those results have a margin of error of 2.6 percentage points.

Hillary Clinton won the Granite State by roughly 3,000 votes in 2016, NBC News noted.